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Brien and Potter live up to the hype

The big golf news of the week was Peter  ‘China’ Brien and Johnny Potter winning the Net division of the NSW Four-Ball-Best-Ball Championships in Trundle over the weekend. There was a huge field of 200 golfers and Cobar had 16 players and former Cobar players in contention this year. The […]

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Cobar carnival marks a milestone

  Cobar Mobile Children’s Service (CMCS) recorded a huge milestone last Thursday and threw a big Carnival-themed birthday party to celebrate their 42 years of service to the community. CMCS’s president Corey Traynor said the service had grown over the past four decades from its humble beginnings as a playgroup […]

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Revamped league draw may “cop flack”

The Castlereagh Rugby League committee is expecting to “cop some flack” following the release on Monday of their revamped 2024 competition draw. Castlereagh League secretary Bryson Luff admits the new draw is “far from ideal”. “But given the background and the context in which it was framed, it is seen […]

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New Euabalong showground

Work is complete on a brand-new permanent showground arena and cattle yards at Euabalong, supported with funding from the NSW Government in association with Cobar Shire Council.  Crown Lands provided $148,631 in Crown Reserve Improvement Fund grants for the materials to construct the new arena, which will allow locals to […]

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Recommendations for rural students

The Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association (ICPA) is hailing the Australian Universities Accord Panel’s Final Report as a watershed moment for rural and remote students across the country. A number of key recommendations from the report aim to address persistent challenges faced by families living in rural and remote Australia. In […]